Shoe



Nov. 28, 1933. v cg -fg 1,937,074

SHOE

Filed July 8, 1932 Patented Nov. 28, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI'CE-SHOE Francisco Vicente, Ham Cuba Application July 8, 1932. Serial No.821,477

2 Claims- (CL 36-14) This invention particularly relates to sportingshoes made of canvas, leather or any analogous whereby a flexible,light, durable and economic shoe is obtained.

The invention is described with reference to the figures of the annexeddrawing, of which:

Fig. 1 is an outer side elevation of a shoe provided with theimprovement forming the subject-matter of this invention, but withoutthe protecting strap for the raw-rubber binding fastening the outer soleto the vamp.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-section of same on line 2-2 of F18.1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. l, but showing the shoe provided withthe protecting strap for the binding fastening the outer sole to thevamp.

Fig. 4 is afragmentary side elevation of the shoe having certainportions unglued and displayed to show the protecting strap for thebinding fastening the outer sole to the vamp.

And Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross-section of the shoeon line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

The improved construction constituting the subject matter of thisinvention consists in providing the shoe, for instance a shoe the vamp 1of which is made of canvas, leather or a like material and having itslower portion bent inwards,

with a sole 2 of raw rubber, a heel of the same material 3 in the formof a wedge or a superposed piece, although the heel can be omitted, anda binding 4 of raw rubber bent about the bent portion of the vamp andsecured to the vamp 1 on one side and to the outer sole 2 and to theheel 3 on its other side, by means of a rubber solvent, such as gasolineor benzene, or by means of a glue made with either of said rubbersolvents. The shoe is provided with an insole 5 ofrubber, leather oranother material, which is glued to the sole and to the edging of thevamp 1.

By such construction a shoe is obtained which is impermeable at itsbase, very light, and also economic on account of the nature of thematerials of which it is formed and of the low cost of manufacturing thesame. r

Under certain conditions, in the use of the shoe, the binding 4 mightbecome unglued fromthe vampll at its upper edge, either because of thegrasping with the nails in an attempt to unfasten it, or else on accountof friction with any other body and thereby the ruin of the shoewouldcommence. This is avoided by protecting means shown in Figures 3 to5, which consist in a protecting strap 6, preferably made of leather andturned over the upper edge of the binding 4 and held with its inner edgebetween the binding 4-and the vamp 1 to which it is secured by a seam '7or otherwise and its outer edge abutting the upper edge of a raw rubbercover 8 which lays upwards from beneath the sole 2 and the heel 3. Thebinding 4 and the cover 8 are stuck one to the other and each to thesole 2 by means of cold benzene or a glue containing that solvent or any7 other rubber solvent.

What I claim is: v

1. A shoe having a sole of raw rubber, a binding of the same materialsecured to the sole at one edge and to the vamp at the other edge, aprotecting strap between the binding and the vamp and turned over theupper edge of the binding, and a cover of raw rubber laid from the outeredge of the protecting strap to beneath the sole.

2. A shoe having a sole of raw rubber, a binding of the same materialsecured to the sole at its inner-edge and-to the vamp at its outer edge,a leather protecting strap stitched. to the vamp between the binding andthe vamp and turned over the upper edge of the binding to which it issecured by;a rubber solvent, and a raw-rubber ,covering abutting theouter edge of the protect-.

